Renewed: Game of Thrones, Veep, Silicon Valley.

Happy days at HBO as three flagship shows are renewed: Game of Thrones, Silicon Valley and Veep.

All three unveil new seasons next week, all of which are fast-tracked to Australia.

Game of Thrones gets its unsurprising seventh season, but notably HBO has not detailed the number of episodes, amid talk it may be shortened from the normal 10 episodes. A yet-to-be-confirmed 8th season is expected to be the last.

Veep will return for its sixth season in 2017, having won the Emmy for best comedy in 2015 and four straight Emmys for star Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Next week’s premiere indicates it has lost none of its zing.